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Go behind the headlines with today’s furniture industry newsmakers. Join Furniture Today Editor-in-Chief Bill McLoughlin every Tuesday for an in-depth professional . . . and a little personal . . . discussion with the furniture industry’s most intriguing personalities. If you make, buy, sell or just want to know more about furniture and the people who drive the business, this is the podcast for you.
Episodes
Jan 4, 2021
Jan 4, 2021
30 min
CEO Gat Caperton talks with Furniture Today editors Thomas Russell and Powell Slaughter about Gat Creek's expansion plans and opportunities for the domestic wood furniture producer.
Dec 28, 2020
Dec 28, 2020
34 min
While many focus on fostering repeat purchase and planned obsolescence, Lovesac CEO Shawn Nelson wants to sell consumers the last sofa they ever need. Find out his unique take on reinventing traditional consumer product models in this one-of-a-kind On The Record interview.
Dec 21, 2020
Dec 21, 2020
31 min
Carl Lovett, vice president of sales, talks with editors Thomas Russell and Powell Slaughter about how Sunpan’s calculated risks paid off during a year of major challenges.
Dec 14, 2020
Dec 14, 2020
37 min
LeadsRx CEO AJ Brown visits On The Record to share new strategies for measuring and improving digital advertising performance. Along the way he’ll reveal how these strategies helped brick-and-mortar furniture retailer The Great American Home Store dramatically improve its e-commerce performance in the middle of the pandemic.
Dec 4, 2020
Dec 4, 2020
33 min
Chairman and CEO Rob Spilman talks with editors Thomas Russell and Powell Slaughter about how the company has managed its business during the pandemic, sharing insights on both Bassett’s retail and manufacturing segments.
Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings.
Nov 30, 2020
Nov 30, 2020
38 min
Doug Stewart, author of the just released book 5-1/2 Mentors: How to Learn, Grow, and Develop from Everyone and Everything, has turned the traditional mentorship paradigm on its head. Find out how your ideal mentor may be closer than you think in this informative and entertaining discussion.
Nov 23, 2020
Nov 23, 2020
32 min
High Point Market Authority CEO Tom Conley discusses initiatives to give High Point year-round relevance to buyers through market and building collaborations around HPxD, First Tuesday and the High Point Showroom Assn. and how those developments could play out moving forward.
Nov 16, 2020
Nov 16, 2020
42 min
Steen Knigge, director of U.S. marketing, a Danish contemporary furniture chain with 15 U.S. franchises, reveals the dramatic impact of the company’s addition of e-commerce to its U.S. business following the closure of stores due to COVID-19 earlier this year. Find out how this shift could impact the company’s entry into new markets in 2021 and beyond.
Nov 9, 2020
Nov 9, 2020
34 min
Dallas George, managing director for the U.S. for Netherlands-based Eichholtz, says that despite the fits and starts to its strategy following the market disruption of COVID-19, Eichholtz is moving full steam ahead to offer affordable luxury across a wide palette of home furnishings products.
Nov 2, 2020
Nov 2, 2020
55 min
The BridgeTower Media team joins forces as Designers Today’s Jane Dagmi moderates the cross-talk between Furniture Today editors, who share a lively back and forth on what they saw and what attracted a second look at the recent High Point Market.